2017年科技40:大卫·克雷格

由David Craig领导的汤森路透下属部门Financial & Risk的第一季营收较上年同期增长1%，至15亿美元。没错，这是适度的，但对克雷格来说，这是对平淡无奇的2016年的突破，也是乐观的理由。有机增长率为2%，包括Tradeweb Markets在内的交易部门跃升了4%。克雷格说:“我们花了四、五年的时间才走到今天这一步。”他指的是公司对产品线进行了全面调整，并早早采用了以平台为导向的战略，这需要信息技术方面的投资和时间来教育市场。“现在人们对业绩和我们再投资的能力更有信心了，”47岁的他说。克雷格曾是麦肯锡公司(McKinsey & Co.)的合伙人，2007年加入这家位于伦敦的新闻信息公司，担任首席战略长;2010年创立并成为公司治理、风险和合规业务的总裁;并于2012年晋升为财务与风险总裁。尽管平台战略——经常让客户或合作伙伴参与创新开发——已变得司空见惯，但汤森路透(Thomson Reuters)在2010年推出Eikon桌面网络和Elektron交易基础设施时，走在了潮流的前面。第三个主要平台Accelus于2011年从Craig的GRC业务中诞生，后来更名为Risk Management Solutions。 Meanwhile, the group eliminated about 600 of its 850 products in what Craig calls a "streamline and simplify" campaign. A regulatory technology play, Risk Management Solutions includes Org ID, "the market leader in KYC," or Know Your Customer, compliance services, Craig notes. With the acquisition this year of Avox and Clarient Global from Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., Org ID is managing more than 350,000 KYC records and data on 1.25 million legal entities worldwide. Another example of what Craig calls a "more selective" acquisition strategy is the January 2017 purchase of the REDI Holdings buy side–facing execution management system from a consortium of banks. On June 13, Thomson Reuters said it is working to integrate Eikon with the Symphony Communication Services messaging and collaboration platform, which has 200,000 licensed users in 170 companies, including 40 top asset managers and 25 of the largest global banks.